No opponents for Portage County Executive Patty Dreier yet in spring election

10:40 PM,
Jan. 2, 2014

Patty Dreier

Written by

Nathan Vine
Stevens Point Journal Media

No one has filed to run against Portage County Executive Patty Dreier this spring, with the deadline to submit paperwork less than a week away.

Along with Dreier, each of the 25 seats on the Portage County Board will be on the ballot for the April 1 election. The county executive will serve a four-year term, while supervisors will serve two years. Those running for a seat must file their paperwork by 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Portage County Clerk Shirley Simonis said just two current County Board members, Scott Winn and Leif Erickson, have filed noncandidacy paperwork. Simonis did not have a complete list ...